Practice Greenhealth

Events

Cardinal Health Solution Session: Implementing effective ESG strategies in health care

Date range
May 23, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Learn how to develop and implement effective ESG strategies in the health care setting, including evolving regulatory and market pressures, how to prioritize ESG initiatives to maximize impact, building internal support, smarter procurement practices, and how your organization can utilize reprocessing to reduce its environmental impact and save money.

Closing plenary: Charting a course for climate resilience, equity & mitigation

Date range
May 23, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description

This event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.

Generating clean energy & cost savings through community solar

Date range
May 23, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Representatives from EPA and Boston Medical Center share exciting stories and strategies about how to use community solar programs to create clean energy while reducing utility costs for health care facilities and community members.

Funding & financing mechanisms for decarbonization projects

Date range
May 23, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Listen to stories about how two health systems have tackled the challenges associated with financing decarbonization for buildings.

Attracting, retaining & engaging staff through sustainability culture

Date range
May 23, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
See how strategic staff recruitment and engagement models at three academic medical centers attract and retain top talent, address resource gaps, and promote a sustainable culture.

Building effective sustainability governance - A tale of 3 hospitals

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Hear from sustainability leaders from three hospitals as they share insights from their sustainability journeys on how to engage and manage stakeholder expectations, build momentum, increase program visibility, and create effective governance structures.

Lessons from federal health system sustainability successes

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Hear from federal health system experts as they share lessons from their work to advance decarbonization and resilience efforts through the Federal Health Systems Learning Network.

Sustainability: An emerging dimension of clinical decision making

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Through interactive cases, hear how clinicians’ day-to-day decisions drive health care’s environmental impact and how decisions made early in clinical care planning can mitigate environmental harms.

Tackling the plastic crisis Identifying innovative clinical solutions

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Discover the staggering health impacts of health care plastic pollution, and hear clinical solutions to reduce your reliance on medical plastics.

Learning from the local landscape: Building equity, climate resilience & community well being

Date range
May 22, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
This dynamic session explored Salt Lake City basin's deep challenges with poor air quality and the realities of a changing climate. Moderated by leaders from the area's premier health care systems, this plenary featured insights from a panel of leaders at the forefront of public and environmental health and community advocacy.

How 2 health systems are meeting HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge targets

Date range
May 21, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Learn from sustainability leaders from two health systems as they share strategies and tactics for reducing scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions to achieve HHS Health Sector Climate Pledge targets.

Opening plenary with keynote speaker Dr. Britt Wray

Date range
May 21, 2024
partners-exclusive
Description
Climate change is the number one threat to public health, and research shows that climate anxiety and trauma are on the rise. The work of Dr. Britt Wray, an eco-anxiety expert from Stanford University, on the psychological toll of climate change reveals a surprising truth – that embracing climate distress can help solve both mental health and ecological challenges.

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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.